Disneyland

In October, we took the kids to the Happiest Place on Earth.  I guess what they say is true because we sure had a lot of fun!  It was especially fun because we went with Jeff's sisters Leah and Erin and their families.  We got to California on Monday and spent the day swimming with cousins and gearing up for the parks.  The next three days were spent going back and forth from California Adventure to Disneyland.  One of the first rides we went on was Tower of Terror.  Let me tell you, Hannah had a true look of terror!  I thought for sure she would never go on that ride again.  I was wrong!  It turned out to be one of her favorite rides.  I think we went on it at least 10 times.  They also loved Ghost Galaxy (aka Space Mountain), Pirates of the Caribbean, California Screamin', Cars, Indiana Jones, and many more!  Grayson liked Buzz Lightyear and Peter Pan.  I was surprised that Hannah was able to go on everything including California Screamin', just by a hair!  I really liked Soarin' Over California and all of the others, of course. It was so much fun being there in October to see all of the Halloween decorations.  We went to Mickey's Halloween Party, so we got to wear our costumes, trick or treat and ride all of the rides.  Don't get me wrong, it was busy, but not as busy as I thought it would be. The longest we waited for any ride was maybe 25 min.  Those fast passes and parent swap passes are great!  Our last night there we watched the World of Color show at California Adventure.  I thought that was pretty cool!  The kids had so much fun.  I think their faces in these pictures say it all!

On Friday, we met up with one of Jeff's friends and his family for lunch.  Then we ended up at the Santa Monica beach and pier.  It was a bit chilly, but the kids still had fun splashing around and building sand castles.  It took us about 2 hours in the L.A. traffic to get back to our hotel that night.  Yikes!

On Saturday, we hit downtown Disney before we had to catch our flight.  The kids loved the Lego store.  We had some lunch and headed to the airport.  Such a fun trip!  We can't wait to go back.